Prunella Scales

Prunella Scales

91 · Born: Jun 22, 1932

Personal Details

Born Jun 22, 1932 Sutton Abinger, Surrey, UK

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales CBE (née Illingworth; born 22 June 1932) is an English former actor, best known for playing Sybil Fawlty, wife of Basil Fawlty (John Cleese), in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers; for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett (for which she was nominated for a BAFTA award); and for the documentary series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021), in which she travels on canal barges and narrowboats with her husband, fellow actor Timothy West. Description above from the Wikipedia article Prunella Scales, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Career

2013
The Phone Call
The Phone Call as Joan
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2011
Horrid Henry: The Movie
Horrid Henry: The Movie as Great Aunt Greta
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2007
The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers as Dolly Keeling
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2006
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing
Mr. Loveday's Little Outing as Lady Moping
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2002
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg as Grace
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Dickens
Dickens
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2000
The Ghost of Greville Lodge
1999
An Ideal Husband
An Ideal Husband as Lady Markby
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Mad Cows
Mad Cows as Dr. Minny Stinkler
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Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders as Eleanor Bunsall
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1998
Stiff Upper Lips
Stiff Upper Lips as Aunt Agnes
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1996
Emma
Emma as Miss Bates
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Breaking the Code
Breaking the Code as Sara Turing
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1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
An Awfully Big Adventure as Rose
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1994
Fair Game
Fair Game as Marjorie
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1992
Howards End
Howards End as Aunt Juley
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My Friend Walter
My Friend Walter as Aunt Ellie
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Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Freddie as F.R.O.7. as Queen (voice)
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1991
Screen One
Screen One as H.M.Q.
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1990
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson as Fleecy Flock
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1989
A Chorus of Disapproval
A Chorus of Disapproval as Hannah Ap Llewellyn
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1988
Consuming Passions
Consuming Passions as Ethel
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After Henry
After Henry
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1987
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne as Moira O'Neill
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Theatre Night
Theatre Night
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1985
Absurd Person Singular
Absurd Person Singular as Marion Brewster-Wright
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1983
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady as Lady Kingsclere
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1981
Bergerac
Bergerac as Gloria Gibbins
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1978
Doris and Doreen
Doris and Doreen as Doris Rutter
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1976
The Littlest Horse Thieves
The Littlest Horse Thieves as Mrs. Sandman
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1975
Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers as Sybil Fawlty
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1963
The Marriage Lines
1962
Waltz of the Toreadors
Waltz of the Toreadors as Estella Fitzjohn
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1954
Hobson's Choice
Hobson's Choice as Vicky Hobson
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What Every Woman Wants
What Every Woman Wants as Mary
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1953
Scotch on the Rocks
Scotch on the Rocks as Morag McLeod
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2014
50 Years of BBC2 Comedy
Great Canal Journeys
2009
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2005
Fawlty Towers Revisited